Hinge.



C. McCULLEY.

H was. APPLICATION H LED MAY 19. 1916- v 1 229 356 Patented Mar. 2?,1917;

amen/tom CHARLIE MCCULLEY, F ALDRICH, MISSOURI.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dial. 2'7, 1917.

Application filed May 19, 1916. Serial No. 98,648.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLIE IVICCULLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aldrich, in the county of Polk, State of Missouri, haveinvented-certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention belongs to the class of hinges, and has particularreference to a hinge which is adapted for mounting gates.

The primary object of my invention is to construct a hinge which isparticularly advantageous for use in connection with metal fences.Heretofore difliculty has been eX- perienced, in mounting the gates uponmetal fences in clamping the hinge tightly enough to the fence toprevent it from gradually slipping down upon the fence post, and therebyallowing the gate to sag.

The present inventionis intended to correct the above fault, andconsists in theprovision of clamping members which not only draw arounda fence post, but cooperate with a means for causing the hinge orbracket element to be braced against the post, so that it is impossiblefor the hinge to slip downwardly thereon.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, myinvention will now be fully set forth and described, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the assembled hinge, asthe latter is carried by a post,

Fig. 2 is a plan View,

Fig. 3 is an elevation, showing the jaws of the clamping element open,and

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the clamped portion.

Referring more particularly to said drawings, 1 indicates the body ofthe post bracket, which carries the pintle 2, upon which the eye 3 ofthe section 4 of the hinge is adapted to engage. The section 4 consistsof a body having parallel walls 5, said walls 5 being adapted toengage'upon opposite sides of the gate and to be bolted thereto by bolts6.

The body 1 has extending from one side thereof, as an integral or rigidpart thereof, a curved aw or clamp section 7, said clamp section beingreduced at one end to provide the threaded projection 8. Upon theopposite side of the body 1 is formed a lug 9 which is formed at its endinto the projection 10 upon which the forked or bifurcated end of a jawor clamped section 11 is pivoted, as by the rivet 12. The outer or freeend of the jaw o-r clamp section 11 is also reduced and threaded at 13,to correspond to the threaded projection 8. Thus, the section 11 ishinged with respect to the section 7, and the two sections are adaptedto encircle the post of an iron fence.

Referring to Fig. 4, it will be noted that the jaws 7 and 11 are shapedso that the threaded projections 8 and 13 overlie one another inoppositely extending directions, the projection 8 being elevated abovethe horizontal plane of the projection 18. In order to draw the elementstogether around a post, a link 14 is provided, said link having upperand lower openings 15 (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4) throughwhich the threaded projections 8 and 13 are adapt ed to pass. Upon theopposite sides of the link 14 the ends of the projections 8 and 13 areprovided with nuts 16 which bear against said sides, and serve to drawthe jaws together around the post.

Extending below the jaws 7 and 11 the body 1 is provided with a foot 17,which is tapered downwardly, and is adapted, when the jaws 7 and 11 aretightened to bear against the post in the form of a brace. The innerface of the foot 17 is provided with a sharpened teat 18 which isadapted to bite into the post when the clamps are drawn together. 7

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided an improvedclamping device by means of which an added purchase is secured for thepurpose of drawing the jaws of the clamp into tight relation with afence post, and that I have also added to the effectiveness of the clampby providing the brace foot 17 and the coacting teat 18.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a gate hinge, the combination witha body provided with a pintle, of clamping jaws mounted on said body inrelatively hinged relation, said jaws being adapted to surround a postand having their ends overlapped, a link having both of said awsprojected therethrough, and nuts upon the projecting ends and bearingagainst opposite sides of said link to draw the jaws together.

2. In a gate hinge, the combination with a body provided with a pintle,of clamping to bear against the post as the clampingjaws 1o jaws mountedon said body in relatively are drawn together.

hinged relation, said jawsbeing adapted to In testimony whereof, I afiixmy signature, fulTOlcilIld. a1 p(l)st (aind hczfving then-lends gver inthe presence of two Witnesses.

appe a in: a apte to have tie en s 0 said jaws projected therethrough,and means CHARLIE MCGULLEY' coacting with said link for drawing saidWitnesses:

jaws tight around a post, and a bracing ele- A. MoDERMrr'r,

ment extending below said aws, in position A. E. PHILLIPS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

